St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-06
THE PUBLIC RECEPTION.
Cleveland Shakes Hands at the
Rate of Forty-Seyen Per Min

ute.
CHICAGO, Oct. 5.-With one bursting,
frantic cheer crashing through the great
rotunda, mob of 100000 people rushed
like wild beasts at President Cleveland
and his wife this afternoon in the Palmer
house. 1t was the reception to the
general public. and the chief magistrate,
with his radiaat companion, had Just de-
scended the main staircase. So thun-
derous was the din that the score of per-
spring trumpeters seemed to be MAX
ing a dumb show. In vain did the pO-
lice, club in hand, attempt to stem the
rush. The rope barriers had been
swept away at the first onset. 1t was
we'll that a nook of safety had been pro-
vided for Mrs. Cleveland. Immediately
to the right of the staircase was an al
cove almost hidden in silken bunting
and waving green plants. Into this she
was hastily thrust, while the president,
giving single sweeping glance at the
and sturdily shouldered himself by
sheer strength into the place where it
had been decided he should stand.
Three times did files of brawny dis
mounted cavalrymen seize the end of
one of the ropes that had been
DASHED TO THE FLOOR
and strive to drag back the eager multi
tude. Only with the aid of a double
Gordon of police-the front line backing
against the crowd and the second rank
pushing their blue-coated comrades for
ward-did the lasso maneuvers of the
soldiers bring faint semblance of Or
der. The president meanwhile was
shaking hands right and left till he was
red in the face and his fresh linen col
lar lay limp above his black Prince AL
bert coat. Behind him and slightly to
his right, standing at the entrance to
the alcOve, couple of steps above the
crowd, was Mrs. Cleveland, laughing
merrily at the presidents plight, and
bowling and smiling good-naturediy at
the crowd. She was surrounded by a
bevy of staid matrons, richly dressed,
but all in dark cOlors. In striking con-
trast was her light sky-blue silk bodice
and jupon trimmed with leecy, dotted
lace finger wide to match. Her glossy
pompadour-coiled hair and fluffy bangs
were without ornament, but below gl it.
tered a delicate gold neck chain, and
the lace that hung from her shoulders
was caught together at the line of the
cOrSage with magnificent rOSette of
diamonds. Long mouSQuetaire gloves
of tan and slender bracelets completed
the costume. Mrs. Cleveland looked
the personlfcation of
YOUTHFUL HEALTH AND BEAUTY
as she stepped little nearer her hus-
band when the first appearance of
line had begun to be formed of the peo-
pie. At the head came detachment of
Union veterans, bearing aloft the tat
tered, bullet riven battle flag of the Elev-
entn Kansas volunteers. A striking
scene ensued. While the president
warmly greeted the old soldiers one
after another, the color bearer stepped
forward to Mrs. Cleveland, and gently
lowering the old flag, babe her clip off
one of its precious shreds as memento
of the day. The wife of the president
gracefully complied, and while the spec
tators went wild with enthusiasm, dis
played her trophy proudly to the ladies
at her side. President Cleveland shook
hands with redoubled vigor, and an act
ual count at this juncture showed his
gait to be forty-seven handsbal1es
minute. This was kept up without in
termiSsion until the time fixed for the re-
ception to end, and not person III the
line was missed. A low estimate of
the number who marched past
him is G.00O persons. But